I recently replaced my STXL filter wheel that would stop moving with a newly purchased one (it works great!!). While it was off, I rotated the camera's shutter with my hand several times - probably a mistake, since I am now getting an "SBIG Error while starting exposure: SHUTTER_ERROR" in SGPro, usually near the start of a session when focusing. Usually once my sequence starts things are ok. Did I break something? The camera is a 22 hour drive away and I won't be there for several months. Is there something I can test or do remotely to debug or fix this? These are entries from SGP's log file: [05/23/23 20:59:00.200][DEBUG][Camera Thread][AF;] SBIG Camera: Start exposure... [05/23/23 20:59:00.200][DEBUG][Camera Thread][AF;] SBIG Camera: EnableRBIPreflash(False) [05/23/23 20:59:00.200][DEBUG][Camera Thread][AF;] SBIG Camera: fetch customer options... [05/23/23 20:59:00.204][DEBUG][Camera Thread][AF;] SBIG Camera: Current camera preflash state is False [05/23/23 20:59:00.204][DEBUG][Camera Thread][AF;] SBIG Camera: EnableRBIPreflash is complete (SUCCESS)... [05/23/23 20:59:00.204][DEBUG][Camera Thread][AF;] SBIG Camera: exposure time = 200 [05/23/23 20:59:00.204][DEBUG][Camera Thread][AF;] SBIG Camera: shutter is open... [05/23/23 21:00:39.609][DEBUG][Camera Thread][AF;] SBIG Error while starting exposure: SHUTTER_ERROR
Colin, I'm pretty sure I already tried power cycling the camera, but I just did it. How would I use CCDops to check it out? I don't see any utility to test the camera (unlike the one that tests the filter wheel).
Launch CCDOps and take a bunch of exposures. For example, Camera, Focus will do a bunch of continuous images. The point is to eliminate third party software and complexity, and to get an error message that we can verify. The other thing to check, especially if any Window updates went into the PC, is USB power management settings, which can interrupt communication: https://forum.diffractionlimited.co...connects-turn-off-usb-selective-suspend.7848/
